Kill Your Cover Letters To Beat Unemployment Faster

Kill Your Cover Letters To Beat Unemployment Faster


Kill those cover letters! You hate writing them anyway, right?


Cover letters are one of the many examples of traditional job search advice that causes your unemployment job search to take longer.


Here's why you want to kill your cover letters to beat unemployment: In recent studies, 97% of employers said that cover letters are a distraction to employers that cause you to lose opportunities. 97%!!!!


Plus, cover letters are aren't keyword searched by Applicant Tracking Systems (automated resume pre-screening databases). according to executives from the top ATS companies themselves.


As an unemployed job seeker, you have enough barriers that stand between you and your next job. Why would you want to use something that 97% of employers feel will cause you to lose job opportunities?


Why? Because it's what you've been taught by traditional job search resources like outplacement, most career coaches/authors, professional resume writers and gov't/community/church/alumni resources (many who sell cover letter writing services).


But what about when they are required for all applicants, to make the employment process more efficient for employers, even though it's less efficient for you while reducing your chances of landing an offer? There's a better alternative solution when cover letters are required in job descriptions, Applicant Tracking Systems, or when you send your resume via email.


Cover letters are just one example of advice you're following that's causing your unemployment resume and job search strategies to drag on and take too long.


Good thing there's a better way to beat unemployment faster ...


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Ruby Boyanapalli

Director, Preclinical Sciences @ Chromamedicine

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Then why do employers still ask/require cover letters during an application process

Phil Rosenberg

Free Resume/Search Webinar: Register@ x.resumewebinar.com/Registration , I help you solve your toughest job search challenges, cutting 50K+ job searches in half. LinkedIn's most connected Career Coach (30K+ 40M).

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